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No. 468,174. Patented Feb. 2, 1892,

Witness as UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL C. GOODRICH, OF PETERSON, IOIVA.

NOSE-RINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 468,174, dated February 2, 1892.

Application filed March 20, 1891.

To (LZZ whom it may concern.-

"Ee it known that I, PAUL C. GOODRICH, of Peterson, in the county of Clay and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nose-Ringers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvementin nose-ringers; and it consists in the combination and construction of parts, which will be fully described hereinafter, and pointed out in the claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a device for inserting the rings in the hogs nose, by means of which the rings can be handled with greater ease and inserted with greater precision than has been done with the devices heretofore used.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a device to which my invention is applied. Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of the plate I.

A represents the two handles, which are pivoted together at B and which are provided with the jaws O, which are provided with the groovesE G upon their inner sides and adapted to hold a ring or a bent nail, out of which a ring is to be formed. At one end of the groove E is formed a recess F sufficiently large to receive the head of a six-pennynail, thus adapting the jaws to hold a nail equally as well as a bent piece of wire.

The outer ends of the two handles are connected by a suitable spring D, which serves to hold the nailorringbetween the jaws without any further care or attention upon the part of the operator. As is here shown, the spring is formed of a piece of rubber, which has its ends passed through openings in the ends of the handles and made to catch over blocks or plugs which fit in recesses in the outer sides of the handles and thus fastening the spring in place.

The handles can be opened any desired distance, but the spring draws them back as soon as they are left free to move, so as to cause the jaws C to close upon the ring and thus hold it ready to be forced into the hogs nose.

In order to both hold the handles Ain aline with each other and to assist in bending the wire or nail out of which the ring is to be Serial No. 385,799. (No model.)

formed, there is secured to the inner side of one of the handles, near the pivot B, a plate I, either of the shape here shown or any other that may be preferred, andwhich fits in a corresponding recess 0 in the other handle when the two handles are closed together. This plate I has a groove J upon its lower edge, so as to catch over the piece of wire or nail and hold it while it is being bent. The outerend of the plate I is rounded away, as shown,and the recess 0 is correspondingly shaped, so that a straight piece of wire or rail bybeing placed in the recess and having the plate forced down upon it one or more times will bend the wire or nail sufficiently to begin forming the ring.

Formed in the inner faces of the handles A, just in front of the recess 0 and plate I, are the two recesses H, in which the head of the nail is placed when a nail is to be bent, and the nail assumes the position shown in dotted lines when it is bent. The nail can then be placed in the jawsCby opening them wide, and then a pressure upon the handles will bend the nail to any desired degree, ready to be clinched upon the animals nose, as will be readily understood. This plate by catching in the recess also serves to prevent any lateral movement of the handles and the jaws from getting out of line with each other. After the ring has been formed the jaws are opened sufiiciently far to receive it, and then the spring D serves to hold the jaws 0 closed upon it, thus leaving the operators left hand free tobe used in any manner that he sees fit. This construction enables the rings to be applied quickly and with the greatest pre OISlOll.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- In a nose-ringer, the pivoted handles having their points formed as jaws for the insertion of a curved nail, one of the handles having in rear of the point alongitudinal curved recess in its upper face and the other a longitudinal projection, the two adapted to curve a nail for use as a ring to be applied by the said jaws, said parts being combined as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PAUL C. GOODRICI I. Witnesses:

C. B. FAIRBANKS, 0. W. FILLnonE. 

